Migration flows to urban areas: characteristics, roles and pressures on urban development in Vietnam

Migration flows to urban areas is an unavoidable trend in the process of urbanization in both developed and developing countries. In Vietnam, while rural-urban migration flows accounted for a larger proportion in the previous period, up to now, urban-urban migration flows have tended to dominate. This phenomena shows that Vietnam is in the process of urbanization in both breadth and depth. This study was conducted to clarify the main characteristics of urban migration flows in the context of urbanization in Vietnam, with similarities and differences between rural-urban and urban-urban migration flows. In addition, the study points out the main contributions and pressures of this migration flows to urban growth in Vietnam.